The following statement was released April 13 by the Renewal and Reform Coalition, composed of Good News, the Confessing Movement Within the United Methodist Church, Lifewatch, RENEW, Transforming Congregations, and UMAction. Links and subheadings have been added by MethodistThinker.com — Ed. – It’s that time again. General Conference will soon be here and all of [...]
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Terry Teykl on becoming a ‘Presence-based church’
Posted in Church Renewal, Discipleship, Doctrine, Holiness, Prayer, Revival, United Methodist Church, tagged UMC, United Methodist Church on May 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The following commentary is by Terry Teykl, author of The Presence-Based Church, My Most Wanted: 40 Days to Pray for the Lost, and Pray the Price: United Methodists United in Prayer. An elder in the Texas Annual Conference, Dr. Teykl is a “prayer evangelist,” traveling across the U.S. and around the world encouraging churches to [...]
Podcast — Bishop Lindsey Davis: Will the UMC have the courage to do what needs to be done?
Posted in Bishops, Church Renewal, Discipleship, Evangelism, General Conference, Podcasts, United Methodist Church, tagged Audio, UMC, United Methodist Church on May 13, 2011 | 4 Comments »
On this edition of the MethodistThinker Mini-Podcast, Bishop Lindsey Davis of the Kentucky Annual Conference says the United Methodist Church must repent of its missional lethargy and re-commit itself to the purposes of God in Jesus Christ if it hopes to have renewed life. In his remarks, recorded last fall at a meeting of the [...]
A word from Mr. Wesley: ‘The first doctrine’
Posted in Christian/Methodist History, Discipleship, Doctrine, Evangelism, Holiness, Preaching, Revival, United Methodist Church on February 2, 2011 |
This is the second installment of a monthly MethodistThinker feature for 2011 that presents excerpts from the writings of John Wesley, co-founder of the Methodist movement. Because the use of language changes with the passage of time, the wording in these excerpts has been slightly updated, based on the adaptation found in Renew My Heart [...]
A word from Mr. Wesley: ‘Salvation by faith’
Posted in Christian/Methodist History, Discipleship, Doctrine, Holiness, United Methodist Church on January 3, 2011 |
This is the first installment of a new MethodistThinker feature for 2011 that will present excerpts from the writings of John Wesley, co-founder (with his brother Charles) of the Methodist movement. “A Word from Mr. Wesley” will appear around the first of each month. Because language changes with the passage of time, the wording in [...]
A prayer of hope for the New Year
Posted in Discipleship, Doctrine, Prayer on December 31, 2010 |
The Apostle Paul pronounced this blessing on the Church at Rome: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, until, by the power of the Holy Spirit, you overflow with hope” (Rom. 15:13). LORD God, give followers of Jesus such a full measure of joy and [...]
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